Disintegrator.



No. 769,258. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

W. COX.

DISINTEGRATOR.

APPLICATION mum NOV.13, 1902.

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Nd. 769,253. PATENTEDSEPT. 6, 1904.

' w. COX.

DISINTEGRATOR.

7 APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1902. I

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM COX, OF HAMILTON, CANADA.

DISINTEGRATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,253, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed November 13, 1902. Serial No. 181,193 (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Cox, a citizen ofCanada, residing at Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth and Province of Ontario, (Janada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disintegrators,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in disintegrators in which a disk having heaters is mounted to rotate in a stationary casing, a door hinged to the side of the casing and having corrugated rims on its inner face, and stationary rings or segments with adjustableor with rigid screen-bars and means for operating the adjustable screen-bars.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a disintegrator with screen-bars which shall be capable of adjustment to grindmaterial fine or coarse for instance, spicesand to afiord free and direct passage of the material through said bars to insure amore granular and cooler product; second, to provide screen-bars so designed and positioned that the oily substances or material-for instance, cloveswill freely pass through said bars; third, to provide screen-bars of special design and construction and capable of being fixed rigidly and detachable from the stationary rings or segments and arranged to aiford free and direct passage of the material through said bars to insure a granular and cool product.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the disintegrator, partially in section. Fig. 2

is a front elevation of the casing, the hinged door of the casing being removed to showthe interior mechanism and means for operating the screen-bars. Fig. 3 is a detail front elevation of the corrugated segments and the lower segments or rings having pivotal holes for the adjustable screen-bars. Fig.4 is-an enlarged detail front elevation of a part of the stationary rings with one outer ring removedto show the adjustable screen-bars in relative and normal position. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of Fig. 4 through thebroken line V V, showing both side segments or rings. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of Fig. 4 through the broken line XX. Fig. 7 is a detail front elevation of a part of Fig. 4, showing the screen-bars. The broken lines show how they Fig. 2 of the drawings.

may be adjusted. Fig. 8 is a detail front elevation of the.screen-bar-adjustingring. Fig. 9'is an elevationof an adjustable screen-bar. Fig. 10 is an elevation of a screen-bar for rigid fixture in the rings. Fig. 11 is a detail front elevation of a part of a ring,showing the holes for the shanks of the rigid screen-bars.

The frameof the machine .is indicated by A, the revolving shaft by B, the driving-pulley by C, and the shaft-bearings by D. The disintegrator-casing 2'forms a part of the frame; The casing-doorfi is hinged at 4 to the casing and is provided with stationary corrugated rims 5 and 6. The upper stationary segments 7 have corrugations .8 and are secured to the upper part of the casing 2.

9 represents stationary segments, or rings,

which are held apart and connected together by means-of a number of stay-rods 10, as in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The rods 10 have reduced end shanks 12, which are secured to the rings 9. The inner face of said rings fit against the shoulders 13 of the rods 10.

14 represents ferrules on the rods 10, as in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

One-of the rings'9 is secured to the inner part of. the casing 2 by screws 15, as in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

The screen-bars 16 are in relative normal position in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The shanks 17 of the screen-bars 16 fit loosely in the holes 18 of the rings 9, as in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The wing part 19' of the screen -bars 16 has a central circularformed extension 20, which is used as a lever to the screen-bars when operating or adjusting said bars; These screen-bars are located between the rings 9 and are capable of adjustment therein by means of an inner ring 22, actuated by means of a hand-wheel 33 in When the screenbars are adjusted to definite position, the openings 23 afford short and easily-traversable paths for the material. be increased or decreased to suit thematerial.

Between the stationary rings 9 is the movable ring 22, which is held in definite position to the stationary rings 9 .by means of slots 24 in the movable ring 22, as in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The slots 24 operate on the stay-rods 10, previously referred to, and hold The openings 23 may ings. Y claim as new.

the ring 22 in definite position. The mov- The operation of the disintegrator is as folable ring 22 fits between the rings 9 and between the ferrules 14 on the stay-rods 10. The ferrules 14 retain the ring 22 in definite position. The slots 24 of the ring 22 are eapable of sliding on the body part of the rods 10. The end shanks 12 of the rods 10 are secured in the rings 9.

The movable central ring 22 has a lower and outer extension 28, with opening 29 to admit the collar 30 of the shaft 31, as in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The inner end of the shaft 31 is screw-threaded and is capable of screwing in and out of the stationary bearing 32 of the casing 2. The other end part of the shaft 31 extends through the side of the casing 2 and has a hand-wheel 33 torevolve said shaft. Slots 34: in the extension 28 allow the shaft 31 to pass through said extension. WVhen the wheel 33 is revolved, the collar 30 in opening 29'engages the extension 28. When the wheel 33 is revolved, the ring 22' is revolved on the stationary rods 10 towardfsaid wheel. Consequently the screw-bar wings 19 are drawn the same way by means of the slots 35 inthe ring 22, engaging with the extensions 20 of. the wings 19 of the screen-bars. This operation consequently diminishes the openings 23 through the screen-bars. When the hand-wheel referred to is revolved the opposite way, the openings 23 of the screen-bars are increased in consequence. This increasing and decreasing the openings 23 of the screen-bars to afford unobstructive facilities for the disintegrated material to pass through is important.

Rigid screen-bars constructed after the pattern, as in Fig. 10 of the drawings, have extension-shanks 36 on the ends of the wing 19. These shanks 36 fit into the holes 37 of the rings 9, as also the shanks 17 fit into the holes 18 of same rings, as in Fig. 11 of the drawings. Consequently the screen-bars are held rigidly. WVhen the rigid screen-bars are used in lieu of the adjustable screen-bars, as described, the ring 22, together with its opening mechanism, will be unneccessary.

The material-beater disk 10 is secured on the end of the shaft B and" revolves therewith and is provided with suitable heaters 41 on each side. Said heaters 41 are suitably designed and arranged in position to the corrugations 8, the screen-bars 16, and the corrugated rims 5 and 6. The position of the beaters tl in Fig. 2 of the drawings are preferable to the heaters 41 as in Fig. 1 of the draw- The beater-disk with beaters I do not The casing-door 3 has a suitable opening 46 and a hopper 4:7 for the entrance of material into the casing. The outlet of disintegrated material is through the lower part of the easing, as indicated by arrow 48 in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

forth. causes the material to be revolved and operlows: The material enters the casing through the opening 46 of the casing-door. The beaters L1 of the revolving disk 10 carry the material in proximity tothe corrugations 5 and 6 to granulate the material, thence to the corrugations. 8 and the screen-bars 1(3, and thence through the screen-bars 16 and out, as indicated by arrow L8 in Fig. 1 of the drawings. To further refine and granulate the material, the screen-bars may be brought closer together that is, contracting the openings 23 by means of the hand-wheel 33, as set The contracting of said opening 23 ated upon by the heaters 11, more so than if the openings 23 were increased in size.

The disintegrated and granulated material has direct opening through the screen-bars. This is important, and also that the screenbars, with their rings 9, extend above the diametrical horizontal line of the beater-disk 4:0 in order that the screen-bars may have a larger area than the stationary corrugations 8.

For the disintegration of some material the adjustable screen-bars or the rigid screenbars, together with their rings, may extend a full circle in, the casing, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a disintegrator, the combination with a casing, of a door for said casing, corrugated flanges integral with said door, a rotary disk within said casing, and boaters on said disk adapted to operate in between said corrugated flanges.

2. In a disintegrator, the'combination with a casing, a door for said casing, and corrugated flanges integral with said door, of a rotary disk within said casing, boaters on one side adapted to operate between said corrugated flanges, a series of adjustable screen-bars and heaters on the other side of said disk adapted to operate over said screen-bars.

3. In a disintegrator, the combination with a casing, of rings, rods connecting said rings, sleeves or spacing members on said connecting-rods, screen-bars pivoted to the rings, and an adjusting member operatively connected to the screen-bars and having slots receiving the connecting-rods, said adjusting member being interposed between the adjacent ends of the spacing members and located between the first-named rings.

t. Inadisintegrator, the combination with a casing, of a ring secured thereto, another ring connected to said first-named ring, rods separating said rings, an adjusting member held between said rings and slidable on said rods, said adjusting member having notches, angular screenbars pivoted between said rods, arms on said screen-bars adapted to engage the notches on said adjusting member, forked casing, of a door hinged to the side of the easmembers depending from said adjusting merncured to the door and communicating with IO her, and an adjusting-screw adapted to engage said opening. said forked members. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 5. In a disintegrator, the combination with a presence of two Witnesses.

ing, transversely-corrugated flanges on the WILLIAM door and projecting into the casing, a beater Witnesses: operating between said corrugated flanges,.a JOHN H. HENDRY,

feed-opening, in the door, and a hopper se- W. S. MOBRAYNE. 

